Me: "Hello again, my faithful readers. I needed to take a break from writing so I could sort out my ideas. Now that I have, I can resume working on this hilarious story full of hair brain madness, beautiful woman, action packed fights, and big misunderstandings that all lead up to a good harem story. Though, I think my break was a 'little' too long…"

Neptune: (Walks into 'Intro Corner') "When do we get to have our M Rated scenes? I'm getting tired of waiting!"

Me: "We can't put it in yet! That's why we have the daydreams so often."

IF: (Walks in from break room) "So when CAN we expect to see the more mature content?"

Compa: (Pops out behind IF) "We want to have an M Rated scene with Heero!"

IF: (Cheeks turn red) "Shut up! That's just you, Nep and those two chicks who we keep running into. (I should be the first to have an M Rated scene with Heero! Even our readers would agree with me on that!)"

Heero: (Walks into 'Intro Corner') "Why is it that these girls wish to engage in sexual intercourse with me, when I do not desire to do so?"

Neptune: "Aw, you just don't know you want it, Heero."

Me: (Pinches the bridge of his nose) "I'll put our sexual content in when I think we're ready."

Black Heart: (Enters IC from lunge) "Explicit content aside, when are you going to move the story back to Lastation? N-Not that I care or anything, I don't need everyone to know how great Lastation is, or how much better their lives would be if they moved to Lastation. Nothing of the sort."

Me: "When the story permits it."

White Heart: (Enters IC from break room) "…We're out of ice cream."

Neptune: "What?! Out of ice cream?! What could be worse?!"

White Heart: "…We're also out of cookies."

Neptune: (Looks as pale as a ghost) "N-No… cookies…?!"

Gust: (Steps out from behind Author) "Gust will make more for cheap. Gust likes ice cream and cookies."

Me: "Before we forget, let's read off the disclaimer. From the top everybody!"

Heero, Neptune, Compa, IF, Gust, Black Heart and White Heart: "HeeroUzuki does not own Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Hyperdimension Neptunia, Super Robot Wars, or anything related to any of the three franchises."

Me: "Now… To the Break Room! We need more ice cream, and I'm getting hungry."

Neptune: "*Gasp* Me too! Let's get some big juicy burgers, some big bowls of ramen, some sweets, and a REALLY big pizza!"

Me, Heero, Neptune, Compa, IF, Gust, Black Heart and White Heart: (Leave 'Intro Corner' for Break Room)

Ch. 12 Another problem and Momus's Messenger

As with every other day on the white landmass Lowee, it was snowing outside… a lot. The temperature was just above thirty degrees by a tenth of a degree, if even that much. The people walking outside were dressed heavily for the cold weather.

The party was relaxing in their room at the inn, as the events of the prior day had left them exhausted... especially Heero. Not only was he tired, but all of the misunderstandings he had been forced to deal with since first coming to Gamindustri had taxed him mentally and left him very confused.

Neptune and Compa were lying on one of the warm beds, the former being bored out of her mind, IF was leaning on the wall next to the bed both girls had occupied, and Heero was sitting at the table next to the window with his laptop.

The Perfect Soldier was looking through any internet sites he could find trying to find anything that might help in the party's search for the Key Fragment, yet he still could not find anything concrete or even slightly credible.

Neptune finally sat up, groaning and moaning from sheer boredom, "Can we do something now? I'm tired of sitting around waiting. I'm boooored!"

Heero looked up from his laptop at the little girl as she pouted about having nothing to do, "…Then should you not find something to do?"

The preteen looked at Heero, her eyes sparkling with happiness and just a touch of mischief, "We could have our M Rated scene? That would solve the problem! And we'd totally make it official that we're Destined Lovers!"

"…No."

Neptune walked over to Heero as he went back to work, "Aww, c'mon Heero! I know ya wanna!"

IF was silently brooding as the preteen attempted to get Heero interested in her M Rated scene. She looked for anything she could use to get the bubbly girl away from the Perfect Soldier, until she noticed that there was a job request that had not been taken, "(This should do.) If you're bored, we can take this job request I found. Apparently there's a Gold Dragon hold up in a tower and the townspeople want it defeated."

Neptune stopped her advances on the Gundam pilot as she pumped her arms, "Ooh, a Dragon?! Well then, let's go! That Dragon isn't gonna beat itself up!"

Neptune quickly ran out of the room, eager to do anything other than sit around and wait. Compa lightly pulled on Heero's arm, "We'd better go make sure Nep-Nep doesn't get lost, Heero."

The teenaged soldier closed his laptop and walked out of the room with the nurse-in-training, with IF in tow.

Xxx

After a walk through Guild City and a snow covered field the party found themselves in a dungeon with stone walls, support pillars, stairwells and tile. Neptune was roaming around aimlessly as she waited for the rest of the party, "C'mon, let's hurry up and go after the boss! And when we win, we should get some yummy sweets."

IF shook her head at the overly energetic preteen, "You should focus more on our job, not the food you intend to get afterwards."

"But Iffy, I think better when I think about food!"

Neptune suddenly stopped as her cheeks began to turn red and a weird smile made its way onto her face, "Or when I think about when Heero's ready for our M Rated scene."

Heero walked past the purple haired preteen, "I have no desire to engage in sexual intercourse."

Neptune followed after the Perfect Soldier, "I know you wanna do the thing with me, Heero. You just don't know it."

Compa ran after the duo as the advanced into the dungeon, "Nep-Nep! I want an M Rated scene with Heero, too!"

IF followed shortly after the three had rounded the first corner of the dungeon, "…Are those two just hormone crazed or something?"

"Iffy! We got a monster problem here! Hurry and help us!"

The brunette increased her pace as she heard Neptune shouting about monsters. IF saw the monsters upon turning the corner, one of which easily stood out among the three.

Two of the monsters; called 'Revenant', looked almost identical to the Imps that the party had fought before, only their hides were a pinkish-red color. The other monster, which stuck out like a sore thumb, was a 'Beam Night'. It was tall and stalky, though it did not appear to have legs.

The 'Beam Nights' body was mostly green with blue 'sleeves' and a little bit of yellow slapped onto its body as well. Neptune stared at the tall monster before her lips curved into a grin, "Let's take out the big one first! Then it'll be a cakewalk to beat up the small ones."

The 'Night Beam' held its left arm out and green orbs surrounded IF. The brunette let out an audible sigh, "Why me? Why can't it go after the other two?"

Small beams lanced out of the orbs and streaked towards IF. The Guild member narrowly avoided the series of attacks aimed at her and shot a glare at the monster that launched the attack, "You're asking for it."

Having been provoked, the party armed themselves and prepared for battle with the monsters. Neptune ran straight at the tall monster; as she believed that the bigger the monster was, the stronger it was, while Compa fired at the 'Revenants' as they were the weaker of the three monsters.

IF had already closed in on the 'Beam Night' and delivered a swift kick to its head, followed by a short string of bullets to further disorient it. Not letting up on her attack, the brunette began to close in on the off balance monster, "This wasn't much of a challenge."

IF lashed out with one of her Katars, expecting to land another blow on the 'Beam Night', however her blade struck another object other than her intended target. She saw her small bladed weapon locked with a long blade that came from her left, "Don't tell me…"

The Guild Moderatist looked to her left to see Neptune with her arms held out and holding the handle of the sword that IF's Katar had just struck, "Why did you get in the way, Iffy? I totally could've finished off the monster!"

"Idiot! I was about to finish off this monster!"

While the two girls were having their little exchange, the 'Night Beam' was recovering from IF's onslaught and preparing to attack the two girls while their guard was down.

Two orbs appeared around Neptune and IF, though they were too busy arguing with one another to notice, "Why the hell are you getting in my way?! I can handle this just fine on my own!"

Neptune leaned forward with her hands on her hips, "Heh, yeah right! You were gonna get your butt handed to you, and you would've come crying sayin 'Neptune! Beat up that monster! I'm too weak to defeat it myself!'"

"Like hell would I have any problem dealing with such a weak monster! If anything, YOU'RE the one who would get her butt handed to her!"

As the exchange between the two girls continued the orbs behind them began to glow, signifying that they were about to discharge the energy stored within, "Save your petty little argument for later."

Within the blink of an eye, Heero had his arms around Neptune and IF's waists, and jumped away as the harmful beams flew out of the orbs and struck the ground were they had been a moment ago. The Perfect Soldier set both girls down once he had evaded the attack, "In battle, you cannot afford to take your eyes of the enemy… not even for an instant."

Before Heero had a chance to commit himself to the battle once again, he felt a pair of arms around his neck and found himself looking at Neptune's face, "Risking your own live to save mine… Now THAT'S a real Destined Lover for ya!"

The Gundam Pilot was irritated that Neptune chose now of all times to go into that particular topic, "You need to focus on the enemy."

Neptune stuck her tongue out at IF as Heero freed himself from the preteen and returned to fighting the monsters, "If it weren't for Heero, you totally would have lost all your HP, Iffy."

The brunette glared daggers at the party's leader, "No, YOU just keep getting in the way, and Heero had to save your sorry butt!"

Compa ran past Neptune and Compa, as shortly after she defeated the two 'Revenants', the 'Beam Night' gave chase to the Nurse-in-training, "Nep-Nep! Iffy! Stop arguing and help me!"

Both girls stopped their argument and watched as Compa was chased by the stalky monster, "…We really should help her."

The party's purple haired leader violently shook her head, "What? No way! Last time I helped her, she used me as a human shield!"

Just as Compa was about to be attacked by the 'Beam Night', Heero had appeared seemingly out of nowhere and impaled the green monster with his GN Sword. Only once the Perfect Soldier was certain that the three monsters were dead did the GN Sword vanish into a stream of binary code, "All targets confirmed eliminated."

Compa breathed a sigh of relief now that she was not being chased by a monster, "I'm glad that's over. Nep-Nep, Iffy, why didn't you help us?"

IF crossed her arms and averted her gaze from Neptune, obviously the Guild member was quite upset with the preteen, "I WAS helping, until Neptune got in my way."

Neptune narrowed her eyes into a half glare, "Pffft, yeah right. You were the one that got in MY way, Iffy! I was totally ready to beat that monster, when you blocked my attack."

The brunette stomped her foot onto the snow covered ground, growing increasingly angry with the party's leader. "I blocked YOUR attack?! Get over yourself! I was the closest to the monster when you decided to get in the way!"

Neptune huffed and turned her head away from IF, "Why don't YOU get over me, Iffy? Oh wait, you can't cause you're not as awesome as I am."

IF's left eye began to twitch from her pent up anger, "That doesn't make any sense!"

Neptune swiftly turned back around, her hands on her hips, "It doesn't have to, Iffy!"

"Both of you, stop. Now."

Both girls stopped their argument and looked to see Heero standing next to them, the Perfect Soldier was more than a little annoyed with their bickering, "From how I saw it, both of you were in one another's way. Therefore, both of you are at fault. Fighting each other over something that has already passed will not change anything."

The girls found it difficult to argue with the logic Heero had laid down. Neptune and IF were looking away from one another, until IF broke the silence that filled the air of the dungeon, "…You're right, Heero. It's pointless to dwell on it now."

The Gundam pilot nodded his head, "As long as you understand that. Allowing yourself to dwell on it would only impede your fighting level, and make you a hindrance."

IF turned to Neptune, "Look… I'm sorry we got in each other's way. Let's just try and put this behind us."

IF still believed that Neptune was responsible for the mishap, but tried to use it as a way of 'scoring points' with Heero, as Neptune would call it. The purple haired girl eyed the brunette suspiciously before her lips curved into a smile, "Well, okay. I accept your apology, Iffy. I mean, it wasn't like you meant to get in my way or anything, you just wanted to be as awesome as I am, and I totally understand that."

The corner of IF's mouth and her left eye twitched, "(…Why would anyone in their right mind want to be like you?)"

Heero directed his attention back to the corridor the party had been traveling along, "If you two are finished, we still have a mission to complete."

Neptune turned to follow after her bodyguard, "Yeah! Don't drag your feet Iffy."

Compa passed IF as she ran to catch up with Heero and Neptune, "We better hurry Iffy, we don't want to be left behind."

IF stood were she was, her eyes burning with newfound anger towards the purple haired preteen that claimed to be the party's leader, "(…I don't think I can even pretend to get along with her anymore. Who does she think she is?! She not only succeeds in getting in my way, but she also made me look bad! In front Heero no less!)"

The brunette stopped her mental tantrum and quickly caught up with the party. Like any other dungeon the party had traversed before, the structure was not so much long as it was just confusing and in the long run, tedious. Heero attributed this to the fact that Neptune had been leading the party throughout the dungeon, as the Perfect Soldier had pointed out numerous times that the party had passed certain points around the dungeon that he knew for a fact that the party had already passed at least a few time before, including the crude barrier that Neptune had destroyed with her Planet Hammer. Neptune claimed that she had not seen any of these locations or objects even once since they entered the tower-like structure.

IF easily found what Heero said to be believable, as she had noticed the same thing as well. Though that was not saying much, considering who it was that had been leading the party, and it was only after they had passed one of the points 5 times that Compa began to suspect that Neptune had been leading the part in circles by accident, "Umm… Nep-Nep? I think we should stop."

Neptune turned to look at Compa with a slightly annoyed look on her face, "What? Why? We're totally making great progress here! The boss has gotta be close by, I can totally feel it!"

IF crossed her arms over her chest and shock her head, "I think the only thing YOU can feel right now is that bottomless pit you call a stomach asking for more food. We've been walking in circles for 15 minutes now."

"No way. We can't have been walking around in circles, this dungeon is probably just really long."

The brunette bent over and picked up a candy wrapper off the ground, "This is the wrapper to that candy bar you ate a minute ago."

Neptune looked at the plastic wrapper suspiciously, "That could have been anybody's candy wrapper! …But let me know if there's any candy inside."

IF glanced down at the plastic wrapping, "I can also see your atrocious handwriting that says: 'This yummy candy is mine! All mine!'"

"Pffft, anybody who loves sweet sugary candy like me would have written that, Iffy. I'm not the only person who eats candy, you know."

"I can also see your terrible hand writing on the other side that says: 'I swear on this delicious piece of candy that I will have my M Rated scene with Heero. Signed, Neptune.'"

Neptune snatched the candy wrapper out of IF's hand and looked at it. And sure enough, she saw where she had signed on it. The preteen let the flimsy plastic fall out of her hands, "So you mean we've been going in circles this whole time?"

The brunette rolled her eyes, "No, we've been going in the right direction the whole time, but the dungeon is just really long… of course we've been going in circles you idiot!"

Compa looked around at where the party was in relation to the dungeon, "Which way do we go now? We're not going to be lost in here, are we?"

Neptune pointed down the corridor that the group was in, "Just follow me! I'll totally get us out of-"

IF folded her arms over her chest, "Oh, no you don't. I'm not moving an inch if YOUR going to be leading us."

"What, are you saying YOU want to be the leader, Iffy? We might get lost if you lead us."

The Guild member narrowed her eyes at the preteen, "How can I get us lost when you've already done a good job of that for us? Besides, I'd do a better job of getting us out of this mess. Even Compa would only be able to improve the situation we're in if she were to lead us!" IF glanced over at the Perfect Soldier and lone male of the party. "No, I think Heero should be the leader."

Neptune eyed the Guild member for a moment before placing her hands on her hips, "Well… okay. I mean, you and Compa would probably make us run around in circles, and Heero never gets lost."

IF's eye began to twitch with anger, while Compa smiled at the Gundam pilot, "That's true. I know Heero can find a way out of the dungeon."

Heero wasn't sure why the trio thought they would need him to find their way around the tower-like dungeon. He had mapped the entire structure in his head, and it wasn't very long or complicated at all… in fact, the party wasn't even lost. Neptune looked between Compa and IF, "So, we agree that Heero is gonna be the leader?"

"Anyone would be a better leader than you right now, but it goes without saying that Heero is the best choice."

Compa of course, had no objection to having Heero lead the party. Neptune turned to the Gundam pilot with a grin on her face, "Alrighty then, lead the way, lover!"

Heero narrowed his eyes at Neptune as he had done numerous times when the energetic preteen called him 'lover', "We are not lovers."

And as with numerous times before, Neptune simply thought that Heero was embarrassed to admit that they were lovers, "Whatever you say, lover."

Heero muttered something incoherent under his breath before turning around and walking the opposite direction the party had been walking, he was sure that he was getting yet another headache, "Where ya goin, Heero? Aren't we supposed to go this way?"

"No, the target's location is supposedly this way."

"But what about-"

IF slapped Neptune upside her head before following the Gundam pilot, "Why do you think it is that we picked Heero to be the leader? He can easily find his way around a dungeon and not get lost."

Compa quickly ran after Heero with Neptune in tow, the Gundam pilot stopped in the middle of an intersection of the dungeon and turned left, "Okay, where's the boss? It's just gotta be close!"

Heero walked down the path that the party had yet to explore, with the trio in tow. The party eventually arrived at a large room at the end of the path, "If our Intel is correct, then this is where the target is supposed to be. However, I do not see any enemies in the area."

The party combed the room, but found no sign of there being a dragon… in fact, Heero came to the conclusion that the mission request was a hoax, and that there never was a dragon, "So we came all this way, and we don't get to slay a dragon? This sucks."

Heero was in agreement with Neptune, he was more than a little irked that they had been sent on a fake request. The party was about to leave when Compa saw someone in the far left corner of the room, "Look! There's someone here!"

Neptune, Heero and IF turned to see the person that Compa was pointing at, the individual in question was sitting in the corner with his head tucked into his knees. Considering that this person was so far from civilization, it lead the party to believe that he was a heretic, "Maybe we should ask if he knows if the dragon is here or not."

Compa's plan was actually sound, they didn't stand to lose anything from asking if this person knew of the dragon that they had been sent to defeat. As the party neared the unknown individual, he raised his head to see who was approaching, "Wh-Who there?! Coming all this way… Are you the Overlord's messenger? You've finally come to kill me!"

Neptune waved her hands in front of herself, "No, no, no, no! We're just here to beat up some monsters. Are you… um… a… heretic?"

"Get away! I've done everything I was told to!" The heretic stopped cowering and looked back at Neptune, "…Huh? Oh, you're not? Never mind. You're just a chubby little kid. How'd you find out about this place? How'd you even get here?!"

Compa poked her head out from behind Heero, "By defeating monsters, of course! How about you? Are you trapped?"

"Defeating monsters…? How dare you?! You've wasted all my efforts! I better prepare myself… You killed the beasts. The Overlord's messenger will arrive in no time to deliver punishment to us all!"

The ditzy nurse tilted her head, "Because we fought monsters? Is it bad to do that sort of thing here?"

Neptune pumped her arms, clearly she was not swayed in the least, "Ain't no way, man! Monsters are baddies. They attack people and break stuff for no reason!"

Heero nodded in agreement with the purple haired preteen who he had been charged with protecting, "Whether or not this Overlord truly exists, the monsters are the ones causing the damage to cities on each landmass. Simply ignoring them would yield catastrophic results."

"So what? That's a great alternative to destroying the world." The heretic slowly began to stand up, "No time to waste. I gotta get outta here… Everything's going to be over once the messenger learns about this…!"

Neptune flailed her arms as the heretic was getting ready to run, "Stooooop! Let us take care of that messenger!"

"…Pass. Don't involve me in your sins, or I'll get killed too. Please, do not follow me."

Just as the heretic was about to leave, Neptune saw a disk on the ground and stared at it. "…Whatcha think this is? A disk? We get this sorta thing from treasure chests, but this one's kinda different."

Heero, Compa and IF examined the disk in the preteen was looking at, it was quite different from the disks that the party had retrieved during their quest for the Key Fragments, "We should take it back to the safe house and examine it. We may find something that could assist us with our mission… and I won't dismiss the possibility that it may provide us with the whereabouts of the Key Fragment."

The heretic turned back around to see the disk that was near Neptune's feet, "There are more…? Give that to me! D-Don't touch it!"

In his bid to get the disk the heretic pushed Neptune, causing her to step on it and fall against Heero. Neptune looked down at the now broken disk, "Whoopsie-daisy. I stepped on it. I'm sorry, but it's totally your fault for pushing me."

IF had been running through her cell phone to see if she could find anything pertaining to the disk they had found… and that Neptune had just broke. The brunette could see something coming out of the broken disk and start to take form, "Oh, look, something came out of it. You broke the disk and it malfunctioned. But… wait, is… that?"

Compa looked at what was coming out of the disk in disbelief, "The same monsters we fight all the time!"

Heero narrowed his eyes as the monster; a 'Light Dragon' completely materialized from the disk, "(Just great… another problem added to our list.)"

The 'Light Dragon' let out a fierce roar as it faced the party, clearly it did not see them as welcomed guests, "Is this the dragon we're supposed to be up? Then let's go guys! We'll beat him up good!"

It was clear that there was going to be no avoiding this battle, so the party readied themselves. Neptune obviously had planned to make the first attack, so it came as no surprise when she was caught off guard when the 'Light Dragon' flew straight at her, "H-Hey! Moving out of turn is not cool!"

As Neptune was ranting the large winged reptile took a snap at the preteen, just barely missing Neptune. The 'Light Dragon' quickly closed in for a second attempt to make Neptune its lunch; only to be stopped by Heero and his GN Sword.

The large blade of the advanced weapon was lodged into the teeth of the dragon, and as one can imagine the 'Light Dragon' tried to bite through the sharp weapon, but met with no success. IF quickly moved in and delivered a swift kick to the 'Light Dragon's' jaw, forcing it away from the Gundam pilot.

Compa followed up on IF's attack by firing her syringe at the disoriented dragon; however her bullets had very little effect against the monster's scaly hide. Once the 'Light Dragon' recovered from the kick it had received and turned its attention on the nurse in training. Compa used her syringe as a shield to block the 'Light Dragon's' wings, which it used as a method of attack rather than for flight, but was forced onto her back in the process.

Neptune was able to force the reptilian monster away from Compa with the Mech Sword Armas; unfortunately the 'Light Dragon' was not deterred for long and returned to attacking Neptune.

Aside from her initial attack, IF was unable to do much. The 'Light Dragon' had a rather long reach, and unless one of the other members of the party had the monster's attention focused on them, she was unable to get close.

Three minutes into the fight, it was clear that the group was not making much progress in defeating the monster, "Ughhh, this boss is a big meanie! He is so not fighting fair!"

"In battle there is no 'fair' or 'unfair', you use whatever will give you an advantage to win the battle."

Heero was encircled by the HDD disked given to him by Histoire, although only three of the disks surrounded in binary code could actually be used. The Perfect Soldier pulled the disk that bore the image of the Crossbone Gundam, and after a brief flash of light engulfed the room, was encased in the Mobile Suit that was the pride of the Crossbone Vanguard, "In our case, our advantage is our ability to utilize excessive force."

Neptune was surrounded by her own set of HDD disks, "Heero's getting all serious, time to put on my game face!"

Once more, the room was flooded with a bright light, and Neptune transformed into her more powerful and mature form, "I thinks it's time to end this."

The 'Light Dragon' released another loud shriek at the party, ready to continue the battle, "So, what's the plan this time?"

"Compa, you will support Neptune and IF as they get close to the target, I will make sure the enemy's focus is on me. If it is focused on attacking me, it will not be able to prevent the three of you from attacking it."

IF repositioned her Katars so she had a more comfortable grip on them, "Let's go then. I've been feeling pretty useless here."

With their battle plan now in place, the party prepared themselves for their counterattack. The four thrusters on the back of the Crossbone Gundam began to burn; ready to propel the Mobile Suit at any second. The dragon stood up on its hind legs, which prompted Heero to act.

The Crossbone Gundam was launched forward by the thrusters along its cross bone shaped pack, and rapidly closed on the 'Light Dragon'. When the Gundam and dragon collide, the force from both opposing sides created a shockwave that pushed back any small debris in the area, and both the Crossbone Gundam and 'Light Dragon' sunk into the ground slightly from the small indentation created by the collision.

Both the Mobile Suit and the monster were locked in a stalemate; the Gundam was using its hands to keep the dragon back, and the 'Light Dragon' had attempted to bite through the Crossbone Gundam's tough armor; however, it soon found that the Skull Heart's Full Armor System was simply too tough to bite through, and ended up breaking several teeth in the process.

As the two were locked in their 'Push you, bite me' session, Neptune, Compa and IF circled around to the 'Light Dragon's' exposed backside, "You're wide open!"

The reptilian creature let out a shrill cry as Neptune and IF cut into its hide, leaving an X shaped mark and exposing the monster's soft skin underneath, which was then subjected to a storm of bullets from Compa, "Shoot!"

With the dragon growing weaker, Heero fired the Mega Machine Cannon mounted on the Crossbone Gundam's chest into the 'Light Dragon's' stomach. Since it was near point-blank range, the bullets retained their full force and easily began to tear into the monster. The Gundam forced the dragon back and slashed into its damaged torso with its Hi-Muramasa Blaster.

IF circled back around to the 'Light Dragon's severely damaged torso, intent on delivering the killing blow, "Here's a bonus, take it home!" The brunette delivered to quick slashes with her Katars, followed by an axe kick that cratered the dragon monster.

The party regrouped after the dragon had fallen dead on the ground, but Compa noticed that the heretic was missing, "We were occupied fighting the bad guys and the heretic ran away."

IF merely shrugged her shoulders as she crossed her arms, "He wanted nothing to do with us. It's pointless to go after him. We're only here to fight monsters, anyway."

Heero scanned the dungeon with the Skull Heart's thermal sensors, and the heretic was indeed long gone, "The heretic has already left the area, though as IF pointed out that it would be pointless to pursue him. We have already gained any form of information that we can possibly gain here and we have completed our mission, so there is no reason for us to stay here."

With their job request complete, the party left the dungeon to return to their safe house in the city.

Xxx

The party took a short break in the city before going back to searching for the Key Fragment. This time, they decided to check one of the forests instead of narrowing their search to cave and tower-like dungeons.

As the group was searching for the object that was needed to free Histoire, a melodramatic laugh sounded through the snow covered forest, "Haaaah ha ha ha! I've finally found you!"

The group turned around to face the individual, who turned out to be the women who had come after Neptune on Planeptune. Neptune put her hands on her hips as she looked at the strange women, "Whoa, another stalker! What's up with your laugh, seriously?! What do you want?"

For a brief moment the women appeared to have been angered, yet she quickly regained her composure. "Right, you wouldn't remember. I am the notorious Overlord Momus's messenger! Your act is a grievous sin against the great Overlord! You'll go no further until you have received your punishment!"

Before any of the members of the party could react, the woman who claimed to be Overlord Momus's messenger was already upon them. She used her glaive to knock Compa and IF out of the way and attempted to get Heero away from Neptune so there would be no one between her and Neptune.

The Gundam pilot armed his GN Sword and took a defensive stance. He would have preferred that the ground were not covered in snow so he could use the ground to give himself some resistance against the woman's attack, but was only pushed back slightly before he forced the messenger away.

A sneer made its way onto the stranger's face, "Right… Neptune's bodyguard… he'll be the most difficult to handle. If I can't kill Neptune out right, I'll have to deal with him first."

"Oh no you don't, lady!"

While the Overlord's messenger had been analyzing Heero and decided that he was the biggest threat, Neptune had armed the Mech Sword Armas and charged at her, "No one is allowed to hurt my Destined Lover!"

The messenger parried the attack with her glaive, causing sparks to fly in every direction as the sharp piece of metal and the beam weapon collided. However, the stalemate lasted only for a few seconds before was forced back, "As if such a weak attack could possibly have done anything to me!"

As the woman savored her little moment of triumphant, Compa and IF circled around to her blind side, "Don't mess this up Compa!"

Compa fired her syringe at the woman as IF closed what little distance there was between her and the messenger. The Overlord's messenger looked over her shoulder at the oncoming attack, "Haaaah ha ha ha! Do you think such a weak attack like that will have any effect on me?!"

"We will not know until we have attempted it."

When the messenger turned back around, Heero was right in front of her with his GN Sword coming down overhead for a vertical slash. The strange woman blocked the attack, but was now to busy trying to keep Heero from running her through with his large bladed weapon. The hail of bullets fired by Compa found their mark, damaging the messenger's back and causing her guard to weaken.

IF continued the assault by delivering a painful kick in her side followed by a series of quick, powerful slashes from her Katars that knocked the women off balance. Heero quickly delivered a reverse sweep kick that sent the messenger flying into one of the trees surrounding the area.

The stranger quickly picked herself up, snow falling off her form as she did, "Not bad! But it will take much more than that for you to beat me!"

While their assault may have weakened her slightly, the Overlord's messenger quickly went back on the attack. IF was knocked into a tree with so much force that she ended up going through it and landing on her stomach. At the same time that IF had been forced away, Compa had been given the same treatment; she had been struck in the back with the woman's glaive and sent into a boulder with enough force to break it.

The Guild member slowly stood back up as her senses came back to her, "Ugh… Bitch! I'll return the favor… once I can see straight." Compa was picking herself up off the ground as well, holding her side since she had slammed right into a boulder, "…Meanie! That really… hurt."

While Compa and IF were recovering, the Overlord's messenger once again attempted to attack Neptune. This time, she had pushed the preteen into a tree and Neptune's beam saber was being forced back towards her, "One way or another, you will face your punishment!"

A bead of sweat ran down Neptune's cheek as she struggled to hold back the strange woman, "No! I don't want any kind of punishment! I don't want a Game Over!"

Just when it seemed that Neptune was going to receive her 'Game Over', Heero intervened once again. The Gundam pilot brought his GN Sword down on the messenger's glaive, relieving Neptune of the immense burden that had been placed on her. The purple haired preteen drop kicked the stalker into yet another tree that was covered with snow. The snow fell from the limbs of the large tree and buried the strange woman.

Heero was going to continue the assault on the stranger, but Neptune just happened to use the time they had been given to hug Heero from behind, "My Destined Lover came to save me in my moment of peril… This must mean we're gonna have our M Rated scene after the battle!"

As one can imagine, the Gundam pilot was irritated that the party's bubbly leader would decide to show her affections for him at such a critical time, "We are wasting valuable time that we could be using to end this battle sooner and return to our mission."

"But I want to give you a super big hug! And then go back to our nice little house and say stuff like 'I love you, Heero!' and 'You complete me, Neptune.' Then go to our room and do the thing like real lovers!"

The Overlord's messenger erupted out from under the pile of snow she was under. At this point, she was fuming, "Damn boy! You seem to enjoy getting in my way and ruining my plans!"

Neptune let go of Heero, who was surrounded by familiar disks constantly surrounded by ever changing binary code. The disk with the depiction of the Wing Gundam levitated out in front of the Perfect Soldier's hand, "Don't take it personally. I am merely carrying my mission."

A bright light filled the area and once it subsided, the Wing Gundam was speeding towards the messenger. Within mere seconds the Mobile Suit grabbed the Beam Saber in the compartment of its shield and clashed with the stalker's glaive, "Do you seriously believe that just because you can transform that you have what it takes to defeat me? I have far more power than you could possibly imagine, boy!"

Heero knew that the messenger was making an empty threat as nervous beads of sweat ran down the sides of her face. The Wing Gundam quickly overpowered the woman and rammed into her with its shield, sending her tumbling across the ground. Before she came to a complete stop IF had caught up with the Overlord's messenger, intent on exacting payback for being sent through a tree, "I told you I would return the favor, right?"

True to her word, IF 'returned the favor' by striking the messenger with a series of slashes with her Katars and ended with a kick that propelled the slowly weakening stalker towards Compa, who was waiting with her syringe ready, "This'll hurt!"

The nurse in training lifted the oversized medical appliance in her hands up to her shoulder as a small ball began to form on the tip of the needle that slowly grew bigger until Compa fired it. The Charge Shot struck the woman in the stomach, which was followed closely by a second explosion that tossed the women towards Heero.

With his Buster Rifle armed, Heero aimed the Wing Gundam's most powerful weapon at his target, who was still in mid-flight, "Neptune, I leave it to you to finish this."

A large beam of thermal energy erupted out of the rifle barrel and struck the Overlord's messenger in the back, and was pushing her in Neptune's direction, "I got this, no sweat!"

Neptune tightly gripped the test sword in her hands as she waited for her stalker to get close enough for her to use it, and once she was, Neptune assumed a batter's swinging position, "Four!"

The purple haired preteen swung her Beam Saber and sent the speeding messenger towards another boulder in the area, only she went through said boulder and straight into a rock wall just behind it. Heero glanced at Neptune for a brief moment before returning his attention to where the Overlord's messenger now was, "(…She was obviously thinking of Golf.)"

The party was exhausted after their long battle against the so called 'Overlord's messenger'. The mystery women began to pick herself up off the ground, "As expected… I can't unleash my full potential in this frail, temporary form. Damn it!"

Beaten and tired, the messenger disappeared into the forest. Meanwhile, Neptune assumed her thinking position, "Wait, we've totally seen her before, right? So, she's the Overlord's messenger…"

Compa dusted some of the snow of her skirt as she looked at Neptune, "We still don't know if it's a big lie or not. Though, she does know you and keeps popping up. Yet another Nep-Nep addict!"

IF folded her arms over her chest, "I hope not. Why don't any of them go after someone besides Nep? Someone more… worth stalking?"

Neptune's cheeks puffed up as IF went on about the strange stalking someone else, "Are you saying that lady should start stalking Heero? I can't believe you Iffy!"

Compa was quite upset as well, as she turned on the brunette, "Do you really want her to come after Heero?!"

IF looked at the two girls incredulously, "Wh-What? No! I mean, sure Heero is a guy who is worth stalking, but I certainly wouldn't want that crazy messenger to start coming after Heero!"

The brunette stopped to think for a moment, realizing what she had just said. "N-Not that I'm saying that anyone should be stalking Heero or anything! Or that I would! Because I wouldn't dream of stalking him!"

As the girls were talking about the Overlord's messenger, and how she should be stalking someone else, Heero was busy sorting out the events of the day… as well as the new problem that had arisen, "…This mission has just become much more difficult."

"So what do we do now? That weird lady is gone and all… hey, let's go and get some food! That'll make everybody feel better!"

IF rolled her eyes at Neptune, "No, that will just make YOU feel better."

The armored Gundam pilot turned and walked towards the three girls, "First; we should tend to our injuries. While I myself have sustained no damage, Compa and IF incurred injuries that must be dealt with immediately."

Compa and IF looked down at themselves, they had a few scratches and cuts, but they had also received much more severe injuries from being struck by the stranger's glaive, "I have plenty of bandages back at the house. We'll be fixed up in no time!"

A nervous smile made its way onto Neptune's cheek as she recalled the first time Compa had wrapped her in bandages, "But I don't wanna be wrapped in bondages again!"

"T-They're not bondages, Nep-Nep!"

Heero cleared his throat to get the attention of the girls, "Regardless, we should make our first priority recovering from this battle. We will have to postpone our search for the Key Fragment today."

Neptune let out a short yawn as she stretched out her body, "I guess… besides, I'm feeling pretty tired. I wanna snuggle up with Heero under our bed sheets and sleep the rest of the day."

"I want to snuggle with Heero under a blanket too, Nep-Nep! Heero doesn't just belong to you, you know!"

IF let out an irritated sigh, "How many times do we have to go over this? Heero doesn't belong to anyone. (He's mine!)"

As the trio of girls turned to head back towards the city they heard a loud thud behind them. They looked back to see Heero on one knee, though there was no loud warning protocols sounding off, "Whatcha doin' Heero? Are you getting sick again or something? I'll give you a lover's kiss if you are!"

"I am not sick. And to answer your question; does this not make it easier to get on?"

The trio exchanged glances, it would take some time to get out of the forest if they walked, but since Heero could fly while transformed he could easily get them back to town in less time. Neptune was quick to run over to the Gundam pilot and jump onto his back, "You must really want to do the thing with me Heero. I always have to jump on your back or something to get a ride."

Heero's eyes widened slightly as Compa and IF got onto his back, "Heero might want to have an M Rated scene with me Nep-Nep. You shouldn't be jumping to conclusions."

"I think you both are jumping to conclusions. Just because he's offering to fly us back to town doesn't mean Heero wants to have any of your M Rated scenes or whatnot."

The Perfect Soldier processed what he had done and what Neptune had said, "(…What has come over me? I cannot allow myself to show too much in the way of emotions, or it may inhibit my ability to carry out my mission.)"

Once Neptune, Compa and IF were able to get a firm grip on the Gundam's armor, the Mobile Suit stood to its full height and took to the skies above the forest, making a path straight for the city the party was staying at while on the landmass that received endless snow.

Xxx

Me: "Why does it have to take so damn long for me to get anything done around here? Why am I constantly plagued with these sudden mishaps?"

Neptune and Heero: (Enters ACCC) "What's wrong Author man? Why're you looking all bummed out?"

Heero: "It is because he has been able to update the story as of late… until now, that is."

Compa and IF: (Enter ACCC from Lounge) "Why hasn't Mr. Author been able to update the story? Did something happen?"

IF: "You better have a good reason for being so far behind with your updates. I think our readers hate the lack of fast updates."

Me: "My T.V. went on the fritz, I couldn't do anything about it. While I was waiting for a replacement or something I was unable to play the game, which is what I am having the story follow… with some of my own ideas added in, of course. And because I was unable to play Hyperdimension Neptunia, I lost my place in the game, so I had no idea where the hell I was when I got back on. I had to spend a lot of time trying to remember where I was in the game so I could get the story back on track."

Neptune: "So… if your T.V. is dead, how are you playing the game now? I mean, you can't play off a dead screen, right?"

Me: "Eh, I just hooked my PS3 up to my Computer. And Iffy, I think our readers hate my T.V. more than the slow updates at this point. I wouldn't be surprised if they all decided to line up outside the Intro Corner of the next chapter so they could all take turns beating the hell out of the old thing. But, I thought we could take care of it now…"

White Heart: (Enters ACCC from Break Room) "…You wanted to see me?"

Me: (Takes White Heart by the hand) "Let's talk over here to they can't hear us." (Takes White Heart to other side of ACCC) "Blanc, girl, friend… do you think you could do me a favor?"

White Heart: "…Shoot."

Me: (Points at T.V.) "I need you to destroy my old T.V., since it doesn't work anymore."

White Heart: "...What do I get if I do this for you? I'm not doing this for free."

Me: "Well, you'll appear a lot in the next chapter. How does that sound?"

White Heart: "…Deal."

Me: "Great! I don't care how you do it, just destroy that T.V. Pretend its Green Heart or something."

White Heart: (Looks at T.V. and visualizes Green Heart on it. Begins to grit her teeth as she lifts her axe) "…You're dead, Thunder Tits!" (Proceeds to viciously assault T.V.)

Me: (Stares at the destruction of T.V.) "Yikes! I probably should have stopped at 'just destroy that T.V… she's going berserk on that poor thing." (Looks at down at watch) "Well, we should probably wrap up this segment of the ACCC. We need to make up for all of the lost time… especially if we want to get to work on the sequel." (Looks at White Heart) "Think you can wrap this up for us?"

White Heart: "…I guess. It gives me more time in the story anyway."

Me: "We need to get going so we can work on the next chapter. Come on, my peeps!"

Me, Heero, Neptune, Compa and IF: (Leave ACCC from right entrance)

White Heart: (Turns to readers) "…I won't make this long or anything. Read and Review the chapter, nothing complicated about it. And like the Author said, I will be appearing a lot more in the next chapter, so consider yourselves grateful." (Leaves ACCC through right entrance)